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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

po·len·ta / pōˈlentə/ • n. cornmeal as used in Italian cooking. ∎ a paste or dough made from cornmeal, which is boiled and typically then fried or baked.

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polenta

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

polenta Traditional Italian porridge made from maize meal, often with cheese added. May be further cooked by baking or frying. Also the Italian word for coarsely ground maize meal; see also hominy.

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polenta

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

polenta porridge made from barley, chestnut meal, etc. XVI. — It.:- L. polenta pearl barley, rel. to POLLEN.

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polenta

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

polenta •abetter, begetter, better, bettor, biretta, bruschetta, carburettor (US carburetor), debtor, feta, fetter, forgetter, getter, go-getter, Greta, Henrietta, letter, Loretta, mantelletta, operetta, petter, Quetta, setter, sinfonietta, sweater, upsetter, Valletta, vendetta, whetter •bisector, collector, connector, convector, corrector, defector, deflector, detector, director, ejector, elector, erector, hector, injector, inspector, nectar, objector, perfecter, projector, prospector, protector, rector, reflector, rejector, respecter, sector, selector, Spector, spectre (US specter), vector •belter, delta, helter-skelter, melter, pelta, Shelta, shelter, swelter, welter •pre-emptor, tempter •assenter, cementer, centre (US center), concentre (US concenter), dissenter, enter, eventer, fermenter (US fermentor), fomenter, frequenter, inventor, lamenter, magenta, placenta, polenta, precentor, presenter, preventer, renter, repenter, tenter, tormentor •inceptor, preceptor, receptor, sceptre (US scepter) •arrester, Avesta, Chester, contester, ester, Esther, fester, fiesta, Hester, investor, jester, Leicester, Lester, molester, Nestor, pester, polyester, protester, quester, semester, sequester, siesta, sou'wester, suggester, tester, trimester, vesta, zester •Webster • dexter • Leinster •Dorchester • Poindexter • newsletter •genuflector • implementer •experimenter • trendsetter •epicentre (US epicenter) •typesetter • jobcentre • photosetter •Cirencester • interceptor • Sylvester

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